1. Choosing A Project:

TOPICS THAT INTEREST ME: CURRICULUM CONNECTION:
· Build a Rube Goldberg contraption-simple machines

· Make a guinea pig remember how to go through maze- biology, reactions

-optical illusions- biology, reactions







MY TESTABLE QUESTION:
-optical illusions- how do people react to them, what do they see?






INDEPENDENT VARIABLE:
-optical illusions- different types of illusions




DEPENDENT VARIABLE

· optical illusions- how people react to them and what they see






2. Investigate the Information:

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NOTES/FACTS:






NOW THAT I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH, I PREDICT THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION WILL BE:
I think that the younger grades will not be able to concentrate as long as the older people will.



3. Plan A Procedure:

Green dot- time in seconds
Dancing girl- which direction she is spinning
Duck/ rabbit- which one
Vain Lady/Skull-which one
Man in coffee beans- how long
Lift- how long
Good/Evil-Which one
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People to test
-2 pre schoolers –one girl, one boy
-2kindergarteners–one girl, one boy
-2 1st graders–one girl, one boy
-2 2nd graders–one girl, one boy
-2 3rd graders–one girl, one boy
- 2 4th graders–one girl, one boy
-2 5th graders–one girl, one boy
-2 6th graders–one girl, one boy
-2 7th graders–one girl, one boy
- 2 8th graders–one girl, one boy
- 2 high schooler –one girl, one boy
- 4 adults = 2 men and two women





4. What I'll Need:
A powerpoint with all of the optical illusions
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I have these: I need to locate these:
two children, one girl and one boy from each grade up to highschoolers, and then also four adults, two males and two females


5. Keeping Track - Proposed Data Sheet



6. Analyze It All

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Here's a Graph:



The data shows that . . . .
Most people see a certian image. Most people saw good, a skull, Duck, and no Lift.

Therefore, I conclude that . . . .
Most people see the same thing, but some see something different.

But was my work valid? . . .
I interviewed some people, and I discovered that one was acually colorblind! However, I noticed something strange. At school, most people saw the dancing girl going clockwise, but when I did it at churce, everybody saw it going counterclockwise. I do not know why this was, but it was kind of interesting.

7. Bibliography
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